From 9665361bb1bac1d8fa3d61afbe7114d3fd0933c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Seeholzer Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:23:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] In Django < 1.7, if settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL is defined, the sender is expected to be the actual instance, not a string. This Closes rossp/django-helpdesk#295 by checking for django version < 1.7. --- helpdesk/models.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/helpdesk/models.py b/helpdesk/models.py index 1143e491..b3feb8d0 100644 --- a/helpdesk/models.py +++ b/helpdesk/models.py @@ -1041,6 +1041,10 @@ def create_usersettings(sender, instance, created, **kwargs): UserSettings.objects.create(user=instance, settings=DEFAULT_USER_SETTINGS) try: + # Connecting via settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL (string) fails in Django < 1.7. We need the actual model there. + # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/auth/customizing/#referencing-the-user-model + if django.VERSION < (1, 7): + raise ValueError models.signals.post_save.connect(create_usersettings, sender=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL) except: signal_user = get_user_model()